Originally from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Kara Lynum graduated from William Mitchell College of Law. She has over nine years of extensive experience in immigration law. She regularly files petitions and waivers with U.S. CIS, U.S. consulates abroad and appears before immigration judges. Kara has worked on appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. She has drafted and filed mandamus complaints in federal district court.

Family Detention: A Crisis Within Our Borders, University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts and School of Public Health and St. Thomas School of Law, November 2015, April 2016, November 2016, April 2017